Perhaps one of the most important and most used words in English. Irregular, to boot. Of languages that have and use this word, can we find one that does not have irregular forms? I know some languages do not use this verb, but do any that do have a regular conjugation?

Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.

I do not know of an example of "be" in the Brown Reader. Thus my question, come to think of it I don't think I have ever seen a copy in a used book store. It might be a hoot to get a copy. I managed to find a copy of my Brit Lit book from high school. Bought it a a former teachers yard sale, which brings me back "to be, or not to be."

Jews and Christians have a special use for be. God told Moses he was "I am who I am." Jesus also claimed this name. The name is sometimes written as Jehovah in English and there is some use of the Romanized Hebrew letters YHWH.

On a lighter note, Popeye said, "I yam what I yam." And now we have the acronym "Wysiwyg" (pronounced 'whizzywig), "What you see is what you get."